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  • 1.  Table Sharing Flip Cards

    Posted 05-05-2023 11:48

    Hi all,

     

    Curious to know if anyone is using or has tried some variation of a 'table/seat available' flip cards in your spaces, where guests can let others know if they're open to sharing a table (green – please join; yellow – open to share, but not chat; red – prefer to sit alone, or some other variation) . We started the conversation pre-pandemic and are just circling back to it. For those that are using it or have tried, would love to hear any successes, challenges, or learnings! Thanks for any insight you can provide!

     

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  • 2.  RE: Table Sharing Flip Cards

    Posted 05-05-2023 12:17

    Hi Adam-
    We piloted a system like this in our union dining space, as well as another dining location on campus. It was an initiative from our student government, and we conferred with Purdue as they had a red card/green card system in use in their main dining area.

    Ours was a table tent style that you would flip over to indicate whether the unoccupied seats were available, or whether you were saving them for someone else. It also included a QR code for a survey on whether folks were using them or not, though we got mixed/limited results.

    I would be curious what the pandemic-emergence phase (still can't quite say "post-pandemic" yet!) environment would be like for this - are folks more or less interested in sharing a closer space with people they may not know yet? 

    We do see a lot of unused seating space with one person at a table that could seat 2 or 4 or more, as I'm sure many others are observing.

    I hope others respond with their thoughts as well!



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    The Ohio State University
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